Two quick questions about two flights
A couple of things on two recent flights occurred that I've never experienced before, and hoped someone might be kind enough to offer an explanation. This is simply to satisfy my curiosity.
1) Flying LAX to DFW on Monday, about 45 minutes from landing the aircraft suddenly slowed by about 20 knots. I thought we were actually starting an early descent, but checked the flight map on the IFE and saw we had slowed but not descending. About a minute or two later we sped up again. What might be the reason for this - sequencing?
2) Next day flew DFW to HNL. About two hours out we climbed to 39,500 feet (confirmed by the flight map and FlightAware). I can't recall ever being on a flight that flew with that increment of 500 feet above a "normal" flight level. What might be the reason for this?
My thanks in advance.